| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 298 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: a Roman thought -- Roman historians and the myth of Rome -- The wronged Lucretia and the early republic -- Self-inflicted wounds -- 'Like a Colossus' : Julius Caesar -- Ben Jonson's Rome -- O'erflowing the measure : Antony and Cleopatra -- The city and the battlefield : Coriolanus -- Tyranny and empire -- Ancient Britons and Romans -- Postscript: Shakespeare and the republican tradition |
| Summary |
Chernaik presents illuminating comparisons of Shakespeare's Roman plays with plays by Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatists including Jonson and Massinger |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Chapman, George, 1559?-1634 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Chapman, George, 1559?-1634 fast |
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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 fast |
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Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640 fast |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
| Subject |
Historical drama, English -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
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DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
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Historical drama, English
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Literature
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Toneelstukken.
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Engels.
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| SUBJECT |
Rome -- In literature
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| Subject |
Rome (Empire)
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Rome.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781139082297 |
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1139082299 |
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9781139080026 |
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1139080024 |
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9781139077736 |
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1139077732 |
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1139063200 |
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9781139063203 |
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1107214734 |
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9781107214736 |
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1283113015 |
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9781283113014 |
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9786613113016 |
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6613113018 |
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1139075470 |
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9781139075473 |
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0511921845 |
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9780511921841 |
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1139069713 |
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9781139069717 |
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9781107654075 |
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1107654076 |
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